Member Name Institution Rick Kurz, chair until 8/31 North Texas David Goff, chair as of 9/1 Colorado Kay Bartholomew UTHealth Ruth Gaare Bernheim * UVA David Cruess Uniformed Services Ayman El-Mohandes CUNY John Finnegan # Minnesota Iman Hakim * # Arizona Pascal Imperato SUNY Downstate Ian Lapp * # Harvard Donna Petersen *# South Florida Darleen Peterson Claremont Sandra Quinn Maryland Jim Raczynski Arkansas Gary Raskob Oklahoma Jorg Westermann Walden Legend * CEPH Councilor # ASPPH Appointee to CEPH

Activity Dates Initial Discussions at ASPPH Annual Meeting March 2015 Staffing of Nine Groups to Prepare Responses April 2015 to to the Draft Criteria the present Ongoing discussions at ASPPH Sections June 2015 Retreat Ongoing discussions at ASPPH Leadership July 2015 Retreat ASPPH Listening Sessions August 2015

Criteria Revisions: Why? What? When?

Major goals/priorities Ensure quality of education in public health our mission our charge from USDE Increase flexibility and opportunities for innovation Simplify and reduce the reporting burden Preserve the school distinction/designation ASPPH s request

Public health & higher education context Clarity (mostly ) on need for change, evolution in systems & policies Focus on assessment and outcomes over inputs Precision in measurement Growth in public health offerings in higher education Push for increased transparency

CEPH context Last major substantive revision in 2005 Leverage work of other panels, publications, reports What can we learn from practice perspectives? 5 Councilors run schools/programs & face same change implementation challenges in their own settings Staff & Council have been tracking issues, concerns, feedback over last 10 years. Simplification goal is directly related! All goals informed by what you ve told us...

Our (shared) challenge Simplification Flexibility/ Innovation Quality Simplification Flexibility/ Innovation Quality

What s next? November 2015! New, improved curricular criteria! Full set of criteria Organizational environment Program evaluation & student assessment Diversity Faculty qualifications Resources Community engagement Advising & career counseling Recruitment & admissions Second comment period opens...this will include another opportunity to comment on curriculum.

Lots more to the process... Second comment period: submissions due early Jan 2016 Comment period 3: March to May 2016 Comment period 4 (unless not needed): July to September 2016 Each released draft reflects refinements, additions, deletions based on comments Release final draft & implementation plan: Nov 2016

How will we get there? Process and dialogue...

Why Was The Task Force Created?

July 2011

CEPH Draft Skills Council on Linkages FTF Employers Panel FTF MPH Report NBPHE JTA Data & Analysis Analytical/Assessment Skills Analytic Methods, Technology and Information Data Collection, Analysis, Interpretation, Evidence-Based Reasoning Critical / Strategic Analysis Communication Communication Skills Communications PH-Specific Communication Communication Cultural Competency Cultural Competency Equity and Social Justice Policy & Advocacy (MPH) Policy and Analysis (DrPH) Policy Development Policy and Law Cultural Contexts & Respectful Engagement Legal, Ethical, Other Dimensions of Policy Diversity and Cultural Proficiency Advocacy Systems Thinking Systems Thinking System of Health Systems Thinking Systems Thinking Program Planning, Management & Evaluation + Leadership and Management (for DrPH only) Health Systems Professionalism (MPH) Leadership and Management (DrPH) Education and Pedagogy (for DrPH only) Program Planning, Financial Planning and Management Skills Community Dimensions of Practice Skills Budgeting and Finance, Management How the Health System Works, Global Health Project Management & Implementation US & Global Health Care Systems Program Planning, Management, Finance Leadership Leadership Leadership Public Health Sciences Skills Teamwork Problem Solving Teamwork & Interprof Skills Biol, Soc, Econo, etc. Determinants Globalization & Sustainable Dvmt History & Philosophy of PH Pop Health Concepts & Tools Health Promotion Collaborating and Partnering Biological & Environmental Applications Ethics

Activity Organize the Comments from the Two Listening Sessions with Other Inputs to Date Circulate Draft ASPPH Response for Review to: Accreditation and Credentialing Committee Focus Group ASPPH Member Deans of Schools of Public Health and Primary Representatives of Public Health Programs Dates August 2015 September 2015 Submit ASPPH Response to CEPH By September 18, 2015 Deadline

Tool on the ASPPH Website Competency-Based Education An outcome-oriented approach to learning that emphasizes demonstrable and measurable behaviors (verbs), displayed as knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes (KSA), to perform a given task or fulfill a role, function, or job Bloom s Taxonomy* The classification of learning into three educational domains (cognitive, psychomotor, and affective) * ASPPH uses Anderson and Krathwohl s revisions to Bloom s original framework Cognitive Domain (knowing = knowledge) Psychomotor Domain (doing = skills) Affective Domain (feeling = attitudes) Knowledge Facilities for facts and figures, conceptual frameworks, and/or metacognition (e.g. Specify environmental risk assessment methods ) Skills Mental and physical operations (e.g. Calculate basic epidemiology measures or Communicate an organization s mission to stakeholders ) http://www.aspph.org/educate/#tools Attitudes Motivational dispositions, perceptions, values, and/or opinions (e.g. Value lifelong learning and professional service )

Adapting the traditional core coursework to address foundational skills and content Behavioral factors that impact human health Implement data collection strategies, from planning phase through data collection Epidemiology Analyze public health data sets Globalization and global burden of disease Biostatistics Write technical or professional papers on public health issues Informatics systems in public health Social and Behavioral Sciences Concepts of surveillance, screening, immunity and risk factors Manage grant funding, including required reporting Principles of effective leadership Compare health care and public health systems from different global settings Perform effectively on teams and in different team roles in a variety of settings Evidence-based decision making Health Services Administration Environmental Health Sciences Environmental factors that impact human health Engage respectfully with people of various cultures and socioeconomic strata SKILLS Advocate for public health policies CONTENT Structure and function of public health and health care systems 5 CORE KNOWLEDGE AREAS

LEGEND Items as Pulled from CEPH's Proposed Criteria : CEPH'sProposed "Domains" Learning Taxonomy Levels of Verbs (C1and C2 only): C1. MPH FoundationalSkills - green D&A Data & shading C2. DrPHFoundationalSkills - Analysis Comm green shading Communication CC C4. MPH and DrPH Foundational Content - blue Cultural shading C5. MPHandDrPHProfessionalDisposition - Competency P&A red shading PolicyandAnalysis C10. Public HealthBachelor's Degree Curriculum - blue andgreen shading, System Systems as appropriate Thinking PPME Program Planning, Management, and Analysis HS Health Systems Level 1: Remember Level 2: Understand Level 3: Apply Level 4: Anayze Level 5: Evaluate Level 6: Create CEPH's Proposed "Domains" Items Pulled from CEPH's Proposed Criteria as Listed under CEPH-designated Degree Levels and by the Five Core Areas (+ two other areas "Foundations of PH" and "Practice/Professional Skills") Bachelors Masters Doctoral FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH Cognitive or knowledge-baseditems The history and philosophy of public health as well as its core values, concepts and functions across the globe and in society (C10.b.1) History of publichealth, including evolution of the health system and its medical care and public health components (C4.a) Public health philosophy and values (C4.b) Core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services (C4.c) Globalization and global burden of disease (C4.o) History of public health, including evolution of the health system and its medical care and public health components (C4.a) Public health philosophy and values (C4.b) Core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services (C4.c) Globalization and global burden of disease (C4.o) Sustainable development and its relationshipto population health (C4.p) Health inequities and strategies for addressing them (C4.q) Psychomotor or skills-based items Sustainable development and its relationshipto population health (C4.p) Health inequities and strategies for addressing them (C4.q) Affective or attitude-based items D&A BIOSTATISTICS and EPIDEMIOLOGY The basic concepts, methods and tools of public health data collection, use and analysis and why evidence-based approaches are an essential part of public health practice (C10.b.2) Cognitive or knowledge-baseditems Informatics systems in public health (C4.j) Informatics systems in public health (C4.j)

Bachelors Masters Doctoral The underlying science of human health and disease, including opportunities for promoting and protecting health across the life course (C10.b.4) Concepts of surveillance, screening, immunity and risk factors (C4.g) Concepts of surveillance, screening, immunity and risk factors (C4.g) Research methods (C10.f.10) Population-based study design (C4.h) Population-based study design (C4.h) Evidence-based decision making (C4.i) Evidence-based decision making (C4.i) Psychomotor or skills-based items Implement datacollection strategies, from the planning phasethrough datacollection (C1.a, level 3) The ability tolocate, use, evaluateand synthesize publichealth information (C10.d.2) Identify appropriatedatasources and sets for the purpose of describing a public health problem (C1.b, Synthesize evidence from multiple sources (C2.a, level 6) level 1) Analyze publichealth datasets (C1.c, level 4) Apply appropriateresearch methods (C2.b, level 3) Apply evidence-based reasoning to address a public health issue (C1.d, level 3) Evaluate a scholarly article, including datasources and methodology (C1.e, level 5) Affective or attitude-based items Disseminate scholarly work throughvarious channels (C2.c, level 3) PPME SOCIALAND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE The concepts of population health, and the basic processes, approaches and interventions that identify and address the major health-related needs and concerns of populations (C10.b.3) The socioeconomic, behavioral,biological, environmental and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities (C10.b.5) The fundamental concepts and features of project implementation, including planning, assessment and evaluation (C10.b.6) Cognitive or knowledge-baseditems Social determinants: socio-economic and cultural factors that impact human health (C4.m) Behavioral factors that impact human health (C4.n) Psychomotor or skills-based items Social determinants: socio-economic and cultural factors that impact human health (C4.m) Behavioral factors that impact human health (C4.n)

PPME PPME PPME PPME PPME Bachelors Masters Doctoral Plan a population-based project, program or Design programs and interventions (C2.f, level 6) intervention, including defining populations and assessing and prioritizing their needs (C1.m, level 6) Develop a grant proposal for a public health project, program or intervention, including developing a budget (C1.n, level 6) Implement a population-based project, program or intervention, including addressing management and human resource concerns (C1.o, level 3) Manage grant funding, including required reporting (C1.p, level 3) Evaluate the success of a population-based project, program orintervention (C1.q, level 5) Affective or attitude-based items Apply assessment, monitoring and evaluation methods (C2.g, level 3) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Cognitive or knowledge-based items Effects of biological, physical and chemical elements on disease processes (C4.k) Environmental factors that impact human health (C4.l) Psychomotor or skills-based items Effects of biological, physical and chemical elements on disease processes (C4.k) Environmental factors that impact human health (C4.l) Affective or attitude-based items HS P&A HEALTH SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT The fundamental characteristics and organizational structures of the UShealth system as well as the differences between systems in other countries (C10.b.7) Cognitive or knowledge-based items Structure and function of public health and health care systems (C4.r) Structure and function of public health and health care systems (C4.r) Basic concepts of legal, ethical, economic and Roles, influences and responsibilities of various Roles, influences and responsibilities of various regulatory dimensions of health care and public health branches and agencies of government, with regard to branches and agencies of government, with regard to policy and the roles, influences and responsibilities of the different agencies and branches of government (C10.b.8) public health (C4.s) public health (C4.s)

Systems HS P&A P&A P&A Bachelors Masters Doctoral Legal and regulatory concepts in health care and publichealth policy (C4.t) Legal and regulatory concepts in health care and publichealth policy (C4.t) Ethical concepts in health care and publichealth policy (C4.u) Ethical concepts in health care and publichealth policy (C4.u) Economic concepts in health care and public health policy (C4.v) Economic concepts in health care and public health policy (C4.v) Psychomotor or skills-based items Systems thinking (C10.f.11) Apply systems thinkingtools such as concept Use systems thinkingframeworks to analyze and mapping, outcome mapping and social network address publichealth issues (C2.e, level 4) analysis to a public health issue (C1-l, level 3) Advocacy for protection and promotion of the public s health at all levels of society (C10.f.1) Use continuous quality improvement principles (C1.r, level 3) Compare health care and public health systems from different global settings (C1.t, level 4) Explain the public health policy-making process, including the role of stakeholders and public and privateentities (C1.u, level 2) Evaluate publichealth policies and their intentional and unintentional effects on populations (C1.v, level 5) Advocate for publichealth policies, including identifying, collaborating and negotiating with individual stakeholders and public and private entities (C1.w, level 6) Affective or attitude-based items Lead continuous quality improvement efforts (C2.r, level 6) Assess the impact of health systems on population health outcomes (C2.h, level 5) Develop publichealth policies (C2.i, level 6) Develop strategies for policy making and advocacy (C2.j, level 6) Analyze the impact of policies that impact population health outcomes (C2.k, level 4) Prof/Lead PRACTICE/PROFESSONAL SKILLS Teamwork and leadership (C10.f.12) Cognitive or knowledge-baseditems Principles of team development and roles and practices of effective teams (C4.d) Principles of team development and roles and practices of effective teams (C4.d) Roles and responsibilities of other health-related professionals and the relationships between various health-related professions (C4.e) Principles of effective leadership, including fostering collaboration, guiding decision making and motivating others (C4.f) Roles and responsibilities of other health-related professionals and the relationships between various health-related professions (C4.e) Principles of effective leadership, including fostering collaboration, guiding decision making and motivating others (C4.f)

Comm Comm Comm Bachelors Masters Doctoral Perform effectively on teams and in different team roles in a variety of settings (C1.k) Community dynamics (C10.f.2) Critical thinkingand creativity (C10.f.3) Psychomotor or skills-based items Basic concepts of publichealth-specific communication, including technical and professional writing and the use of mass media and electronic technology (C10.b.9) The ability to communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms, through a variety of media and to diverse audiences (C10.d.1) Networking (C10.f.7) Identify strategies for communicating a publichealth issue to various audiences, including stakeholders at all levels (C1.f, level 1) Communicate public health content to the general public through various means, including social media (C1.g, level 2) Write technical or professional papers on public health issues (C1.h, level 1) Deliver oral presentations on public health issues to various audiences, including stakeholders at all levels (C1.i, level 3) Explain the role of a public health professional to various audiences, stakeholders and other professionals (C1.j, level 2) Translate and communicate publichealth knowledge to diverse audiences (C2.d, level 2) Demonstrate cultural competency (C2.l, level 3) Apply strategies for fostering a diverse and inclusive work setting (C2.m, level 3) Manage resources, including fiscal, human and material (C2.n, level 3) Apply negotiation and consensus-building methods (C2.o, level 3) Organizational dynamics (C10.f.8) Design and lead organizational change (C2.p, level 6) Lead through strategic planning, guiding decisionmaking, fostering collaboration, inspiring trust and motivating others (C2.q, level 6) Design and deliver educational experiences that promote learning in academic, organizational and community settings (C2.s, level 6)

CC Prof/Lead Prof/Lead Prof/Lead CC Bachelors Masters Doctoral Use innovative modalities for best pedagogical practices (C2.t, level 3) Affective or attitude-based items Cultural contexts in which public health Engage respectfully with people of various cultures professionals work (C10.f.4) and socioeconomic strata (C1, level 2) Independent work and a personal work ethic (C10.f.6) Advancing the profession of public health (C5.a) Advancing the profession of public health (C5.a) Professionalism (C10.f.9) Ethical decision making as related to self and society (C10.f.5) Excellence in ongoing professional development (C5.b) Collegiality in professional and academic public health settings (C5.c) Serving the public good (C5.d) Application of ethical principles to practice (C5.e) Advancing concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion through public health practice (C5.f) Excellence in ongoing professional development (C5.b) Collegiality in professional and academic public health settings (C5.c) Serving the public good (C5.d) Application of ethical principles to practice (C5.e) Advancing concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion through public health practice (C5.f)